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what does it matter that the column is in a particular place unless you do nasty stuff like SELECT *.

Kaiser meaning data order of database has no Brett in the the.

If one brings so much courage to this world the world has to kill them or break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry. Earnest Hemingway, A Farewell To Arms.

Well....yes and no...
You can very easily use Enterprise Manager to insert a column anywhere in a table, or rearrange fields, or rename columns, or practically anything you want. Enterprise Manager will then create a script to create the new table, load your old data into it, delete the original, and rename the new one. You can view the script if you want, but it is not necessary.